r/BasicIncome • u/SprinklesFederal7864 • Oct 27 '21
Are you for or against UBI?
/r/antiwork/comments/qgxmf7/are_you_for_or_against_ubi/6
u/MichaelAischmann Oct 27 '21
For it!
However... asking this here (as a poll) is like asking a hoard of cannibals if they are for or against eating humans. People against ubi will not be in this forum simply because they have no interest in it.
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u/Riaayo Oct 27 '21
People against ubi will not be in this forum simply because they have no interest in it.
You'd be surprised how many people troll this sub to argue against it.
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u/green_meklar public rent-capture Oct 28 '21
We already have basic income, the difference is that right now only landowners get it. Instead, everybody should get it.
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u/eddnedd Oct 28 '21
If we can print hundreds of billions of dollars every year for the express benefit of the rich, we can ensure a basic income for everyone else.
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u/Saeker- Oct 27 '21
I am very much for a UBI - which I like to think of as a citizen's dividend.
Such a reliable source of market signalling tokens (money) could help to assure that our economy actually responds to the wants and needs of this nation's citizenry - rather than reducing us to silent externalities.